CAUSE I DIT IT FROM WINDOWS AND IT WONT BOOT WINDOWS... I DONT HAVE PARTITION MAGIC BOOT DISK.

I FOUND MY PROBLEM IS GETTING BIGGER... SOME PART OF THE WIN PARTITION (WHERE BOOT INFO IS STORED I GUESS) IS CORRUPT SO I CANT MAKE IT BOOTABLE.

I ALSO CHEQUED THE MBR AND I THINK I MESSED UP. HOW CAN I RECOVER MY INFO FROM THE WIN PARTITION? IVE USED ACTIVE PARTITION RECOVERY BUT I CANT WRITE A PARTITION IMAGE TO THE SAME FISICAL HD. ALSO IF I MANAGE TO DO THAT HOW CAN I RESTORE THE PARTITION WITHOUT RESTORING THE CORRUPT SECTORS.

THE LAST THINK IVE TIED IS TO INSTALL LINUX IN ANOTHER PARTITION SO I CAN ACCESS THE OTHER PARTITION FROM THERE AND RECOVER SOME FILES BUT IT WOULD NOT BOOT FROM LINUX NEITHER. THATS WHY I THINK I MESSED SOMETHING IN THE MBR.

I can't help specifically with your booting problem now;(and may not be able to at all), but let's start witha little background information to see what you're workingwith:

How many physical disk drives are installed in the computer?Do you have access to a USB drive, USB pen-drive, or a network?Did you backup your system before running PM? On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate your Linux skills?Do you have UBCD 3.2? Is it the Full version (with Insert)?

Before attempting to repair your problem, you're going to wantto get a backup, at least of your data files so the situationdoes not go from bad to disastrous. By answering the questionsabove we'll be able to see what you have to work with in orderto accomplish the backup and can advise how to do it.

Once you have your data safely tucked away, we can look atyour MBR/partition issues.

As far as I'm aware, Active Partition Recovery will only recovera partition you've saved, and that of course, must be a non-corruptcopy of your MBR.

I'll check back later tonight to see what you say.

-- Charles

> -----Original Message-----> From: JFTM [mailto:support@ultimatebootcd.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 4:45 PM> To: support@ultimatebootcd.com> Subject: IS UBCD RIGHT FOR ME?> > CAUSE I DIT IT FROM WINDOWS AND IT WONT BOOT WINDOWS... I > DONT HAVE PARTITION MAGIC BOOT DISK.> > I FOUND MY PROBLEM IS GETTING BIGGER... SOME PART OF THE WIN > PARTITION (WHERE BOOT INFO IS STORED I GUESS) IS CORRUPT SO I > CANT MAKE IT BOOTABLE.> > I ALSO CHEQUED THE MBR AND I THINK I MESSED UP. HOW CAN I > RECOVER MY INFO FROM THE WIN PARTITION? IVE USED ACTIVE > PARTITION RECOVERY BUT I CANT WRITE A PARTITION IMAGE TO THE > SAME FISICAL HD. ALSO IF I MANAGE TO DO THAT HOW CAN I > RESTORE THE PARTITION WITHOUT RESTORING THE CORRUPT SECTORS.> > THE LAST THINK IVE TIED IS TO INSTALL LINUX IN ANOTHER > PARTITION SO I CAN ACCESS THE OTHER PARTITION FROM THERE AND > RECOVER SOME FILES BUT IT WOULD NOT BOOT FROM LINUX NEITHER. > THATS WHY I THINK I MESSED SOMETHING IN THE MBR.> > I DESPERATED!!!!! [Evil or Very Mad] NEED SOME HELP PLEASE!!!!> >

If you need to easily recover some files, have you tried the Ultimate Boot CD 4 Windows? Not to harp on the UBCD, as I LOVE the UBCD and use it everyday (actually in conjunction with the UBCD4Win as you can combine them), but doing some tasks like you need in Windows is easier than in DOS. You can either burn files to CD or transfer over a network to another computer or something. Also may be of use in recovering your Windows installation.

If you got your computer from Dell or Gateway or something, you do legally own a copy of XP (if that's what it came with) even if they didn't send you a full blown XP CD. But, I'm not sure if you can just download an ISO of XP from Microsoft, but I've heard of others calling or emailing MS and getting them to send a regular XP installation CD so that they have one just in case, since they already own a license through their Dell/Gateway/etc. purchase.

Anyway, if you get everything figured out, let me know how it goes. Sorry I can't provide much more than this and I can't provide a working ISO of the UBCD4Win (because, as you said, of copyright issues). I hope all goes well.

> > IVE RESOLVED COPYRIGHT ISSUE ABOUT WINDOWS XP...> > YOU CAN ASK FOR A MEDIA INSTALATION ( WINXP CD ) FROM ANY > MICROSOFT RESELLER AND ITS ABOUT 7 DLLS. AND ALSO CAN BUY A > LICENSE THAT ITS ABOUT 90 DLS OR LESS FOR ACADEMIC...

It definitely sounds like UBCD Windows is your best betfor making a backup if you have the media to build it.As far as the license goes, look on the bottom of yourlaptop for a Windows sticker; this is your license. Soall you need it the media.

If for some reason you are unable to get your Win UBCDbuilt, you can go the Linux route, but there will be manythings you'll have to do/learn to get your backup.

Let us know if you need assistance making a backup usinga Linux bootable.

TRIED TO NAVIGATE NTFS PARTITION WITH XP EXPLORER... BUT WHEN I CLIC ON "DRIVE C:" IT TAKES ABOUT 2 SECS AND THEN DISAPEARS.

IN THE DESKTOP BACKGROUD IT SAYS VOLUMES C:\ UNRECOGNIZED

WHAT CAN I DO NOW... SOME TIMES IVE RESOLVED PROBLEMS JUST BY TRYING ALL TOOLS RELATED AND FINALLY FINDING ONE THAT WORKS... BUT MY EXPIERENCE IN THIS CASE TELLS ME NOT TO DO ANYTHING SIENCE I LOSE MY INFO...

> > OK, IVE BUILT THE UBCD4WIN AND RUN IT...> > TRIED TO NAVIGATE NTFS PARTITION WITH XP EXPLORER... BUT WHEN > I CLIC ON "DRIVE C:" IT TAKES ABOUT 2 SECS AND THEN DISAPEARS.

Although there may be members here that are familiar withUBCD Win, your best bet is to post questions to thatforum. The projects are separate, with different maintainers.(I personally, don't know much about UBCD Win).

You should check out their FAQ, because it looks like it mayhelp with your situation. In the FAQ, it mentioned that driveletters may differ when you're in the bootable environment, soif you see other drive letters, check those as well. It alsosounds like they have a "Find Lost Drive" option; not sure what it does so check it out.

Yes, as bldrdash said, it's better to post in the UBCD4Win forums as they can help you there better. When I suggested you to use the UBCD4Win, I didn't mean to advertise it or frown upon the UBCD, as I really love both CDs. I don't mean any harm, I just thought the UBCD4Win could help better. As for your problem, please create a new topic in the UBCD4Win forums and either I or someone else will help you. Thanks.

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